Next up for Perrish Cox: The NFL

Perrish Cox, a nine-game starting cornerback as a rookie in 2010, was among the Broncos’ final cuts prior to the 2011 season.

It would be a tad naive to believe the sexual assault charges against him weren’t a factor in the Broncos decision to let him go. Cox spent his past year out of football working out in the Dallas-area. Teams did call him in for a workout here and there but until his case was resolved, he went unsigned.

His agent, Jordan Woy, never gave up on him. There are multiple teams who had expressed in Cox if he was cleared of the charges. He was. The 12-person jury found Cox not guilty on two sexual assault charges Friday.

He plans on playing in the NFL in 2012. The Broncos won’t want him and the feeling is mutual. Cox wants a fresh start with another team.

Any team willing to give this piece of trash a chance has some serious leadership and integrity issues. If this guy gets on the field with any team, I have to imagine he’ll have plenty of teammates and opponents looking to take his head off.

Slapshot

I bet he can hook up with the Steelers…they’re known for wanting players on their team who don’t have a clue on how to treat women with respect.

Memodelcallejo

Cant imagine if he lands with Ben Raperburger… what a great couple.

Doug

I see the Raiders in his future

TO – Denver

He had sex with his girlfriend, his girlfriend had sex with the accuser, the accuser became pregnant. Keeping it to a PG-13 level, I see a couple of ways the accuser might have become pregnant without being raped. Add the fact that she never had a rape exam or any blood test to determine whether drugs may be played a role, and I agree completely with the jury — there was reasonable doubt here. The jury knew more than any of us and they found him not guilty. He was obviously a partier, and put himself in a bad situation, but he is not clearly the wrongdoer that the comments on this board suggest. Could be, but such is not clearly the case.

mgo805

Seriously? Do you think the commissioner might have a problem with Mr. Cox’s conduct being detrimental to the league? Perhaps you will recall Ms. Rothlisberger’s suspension even when no criminal charges were brought against him.

Andrewm

With this kind of case, it’s hard to prove beyond a reasonable doubt, within a legal framework that he did the bad deed. He had a stellar lawyer as well.

That doesn’t mean he didn’t rape the woman. I think he did. Just because he got off doesn’t mean he’s not guilty. He’s not guilty under the law, but he’s guilty of mysteriously making pregnant this woman who doesn’t remember having sex with him, and he’s guilty of telling Thomas that the woman was ‘ready’ when she was passed out. Just like Roethilsberger, he avoided a jail sentence but that doesn’t mean he didn’t do the evil deed.

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_5YV7722QSXQ22OTZFJ2QQ3E6RQ Anonymous

That’s sort of my feeling. The fact that he lied about it to the police indicates that he knew that she didn’t know what happened. That means she was in no condition to give consent. It’s still conjecture, though, and I think the jury did its job.

Anonymous

He was caught on tape lying to the police. He also was caught saying statements that would indicate exploitation of an incapacitated person. He’s a slime who got off because it couldn’t be legally proved that it wasn’t consensual. That means in the eyes of the law, it could not be proven he was a rapist. That’s all the law is concerned with. However, there is clear indications that this guy is a liar and had little regard for another human being. Don’t confuse this verdict as exonerating him from being a “wrongdoer”.

guest

he shoulda just paid her off
sounds like she was bang’in half the team

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